TIRANA, May 28 – The counting of ballots at the headquarters of the Democratic Party (DP) for the election of the new Chairmanship has ended and 227 members of the National Council out of 280 participated in the voting on Saturday. The National Council voted to elect 20 members of the Chairmanship. Some 14 members will be men and 6 women.
Belind Këlliçi is the most voted with 192 votes, followed by Flamur Noka with 166 votes and Oerd Bylykbashi with 148 votes. Results showed that former General Secretary Arben Ristani returned to the Chairmanship.
The most voted woman member was Fatbardha Kadiu with 141 votes, followed by Ina Zhupa with 126 votes and Jozefina Topalli, a former Speaker and DP deputy chairwoman, with 118 votes, who also returned to the Chairmanship. Most of these senior DP officials were expelled by the former head, Lulzim Basha.
Names of male winners and votes:
1. Belind Kellici – 192
2. Flamur Noka – 166
3. Oerd Bylykbashi – 148
4.Ervin Minarolli – 137
5. Luciano Boci – 128
6.Agron Shehaj – 123
7.Luan Baci – 121
8. Grigels Mucollari – 116
9.Gent Strazimiri – 100
10. Enno Bozdo – 96
11. Keltis Kruja – 91
12. Arben Ristani – 90
13. Aldo Bumci – 89
14. Florion Mima – 88
Six female members of the Chairmanship of the Democratic Party and the respective votes:
1.Fatbardha Kadiu – 141 votes
2.Ina Zhupa – 126 votes
3.Jozefina Topalli – 118 votes
4. Edit Harxhi – 85 votes
5. Mimoza Hajdarmataj – 78 votes
6. Eleina Qirici – 75 votes
The DP National Council will elect the two vice-chairmen and the General Secretary of the Democratic Party at the next meeting. One of the figures that has confirmed the candidacy for the number two of the DP is the deputy, Oerd Bylykbashi. /Argumentum.al
